A senior minister in President Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni’s government has survived being punched by an activist said to belong to main opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) party during a symposium organized by the Obwa Kyabazinga bwa Busoga (Busoga Kingdom) in Canada.
Uganda Police Force (UPF) says it has summoned a member of Parliament from the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) for punching a police officer during the election of Uganda’s representatives to the regional parliament, the East African Legislative Assembly (Eala).
Staff and managers at Next Media Services, whose Chief Executive Officer (CEO), after Doreen Katusiime Mweheire, the group chief of staff, died in Turkey.
First son and Commander of UPDF Land Forces Lt Gen Muhoozi is Uganda’s tweeting general. Some of his tweets have been described as controversial because of how much they touch on issues of diplomacy and security that serving officers of the national army and cautious politicians would rather keep to themselves.
In 2017, social media was a wash with photos of a man who was captured kissing the shoe of Prophet Elvis Mbonye, a self-styled prophet known for his largely accurate prophecies on Uganda and the rest of the world.
Minister Mao told the youths and other leaders present, who included Vice President Maj (Rtd) Jessica Alupo and Internal Affairs Minister Maj Gen (Rtd) Kahinda Otafiire, that the year 2031 might be the beginning of a new Uganda.
First son and Commander of UPDF Land Forces Lt Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba has said that he and his group will never allow singer and politician Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine to be Uganda’s President.
Sections of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) have begun endorsing Gen Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni, the country’s president, as their candidate for the 2026 presidential election.
Allegations of ballot stuffing and other forms of vote rigging have marred the election of Ugandan representatives to the regional Parliament, the East African Legislative Assembly (Eala).